A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux

Mail Mares is a singleplayer/co-op rogue-lite action game where the Mail Mares are tasked by Princess Skywish Etheria to deliver precious treasure across Equinalis. Help defend the airship and treasure while you travel across the skies.

Playable Characters

  • Rosedawn Solace
    • Left Click: Laser Beam
    • Right Click: Magic Barrier
    • Move: WASD
  • Gale Glacewing
    • Left Click: Wind Push
    • Right Click: Summon AoE Cloud
    • Move: WASD

Dialogue!

Banter with enemies when they approach. All sapient NPCs have dialogue.

Enemy Characters

Enemies from left to right:

  • Cloudkin
  • Flufflet
  • Emberflare
  • Silverfeathers

Multiplayer

Play with up to 4 players! Bring your crew to defend the airship together. Mix and match between the playable characters.


Rogue-lite Encounter Map

Choose the path of the Airship to collect upgrades.

Guardian of the Crystal Caverns

Show your strength against Goobert in a three (currently one) phase crystal dragon boss fight!

Future Plans

A short but not exhaustive list of planned additions:

  • Phase 2 & 3 for the Dragon Boss Fight
  • Storm Map Tiles
  • Additional Trinkets (personal buffs)
  • Additional Totems (team/airship buffs)
  • Purchasable Shop Items
  • An additional Pirate Enemy
  • Airship Cannons + Ammo
  • Difficulty Select / Dynamic Difficulty
  • Destination Area
  • Airship HP
  • Steam Page

Credits

Team Lead:

  • Scott McCloskey / Crystal (Contact: "ffuf" on discord)

VGDC Project Manager:

  • Gavin Gee

Programmers:

  • Scott McCloskey / Crystal
  • Isabel Wang
  • River Esteves
  • Will Myatt

2D Artists:

  • Abby Pho
  • Lauren Ahn
  • KKbirb
  • Sebastian Amirola
  • Kirill Volynsky
  • Vivian Nguyen
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  • Graceful EG
  • FSkindness

UI/UX Designers:

  • Guadalupe Vargas
  • Raika Ghosh
  • Melina Noruz
  • Lizzy Makahleh

Music/SFX/Voice:

  • AAAAA
  • Lucas Kang
  • Shreshth Sarin
  • Jeremiah Yang
  • Zelena

Game Designers:

  • Tyler Wang
  • Isabel Matsuno

Writers:

  • Roxanne Bandy

Production:

  • Abby Pho
  • Leo Wu-Hacohen

Quality Assurance:

  • Twilight Nightingale
  • Ai/Fae

Download

Download
Mail Mares Windows 3-9-2026.zip 182 MB
Download
Mail Mares Linux 3-9-2026.zip 181 MB
Download
MailMares_MacOS_2026-03-10.zip 186 MB

Install instructions

Known Critical Issues:

- Playing Co-Op will break if you start a game (Singleplayer or Co-Op) and then exit to main menu and then host a new Co-Op game.
- Desync issues with Gale Glacewing's flight with Co-Op

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